PAIN MANAGEMENT
A JAMA Theme Issue Media Briefing
Millennium Broadway Hotel
145 West 44th Street
(between Broadway & 6th Avenue)
New York, N.Y.

Tuesday, November 11, 2003
9:45 a.m. - Noon

9:45-10 am
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Moderator: Catherine D. DeAngelis, MD, MPH, Editor, the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), Chicago

10-10:30 am
Pain Management and Recovery of Function After Knee Replacement
Asokumar Buvanendran, M.D., Department of Anesthesiology, Rush-Presbyterian-St Luke's Medical Center, Chicago

10:30-11 am
Effect of Improving Depression Care on Pain and Function Among Older Adults With Arthritis
Elizabeth H. B. Lin, M.D., M.P.H., Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle

11-11:30 am
Work-Related Cost of Common Pain Conditions in the U.S. Workforce
Walter Stewart, Ph.D., M.P.H., Director, Outcomes Research Institute, Geisinger Health Systems, Danville, Pa.

11:30-Noon
Current Status of Pain Management in Children
R. F. Howard, M.B., F.R.C.A., Department of Anaesthesia, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, NHS Trust, London

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